My Mom

Mama, I'm still here. Holding love against the years. If time keeps taking what we built, I'll keep you close, I won't disappear. Mama, I'm still here. I chased lights, missed dinners, broke nights for a Dream. Made money feel holy, let silence grow mean. Every day we crave love, race clocks, fear the End. I kept losing the present by planning to Win. Phone full of drafts I never pressed send. A thousand I'm sorrys that I couldn't defend. If death is the tax, and time is the Lender, then love is the home I forgot to Remember. Let the rain fall through the static. Wash the ghosts from all these years. Mama, I'm still here. Still learning how to stay. I wasted all my minutes throwing golden hours away. Mama, I'm still here. I'm choosing love, not fear. If tomorrow never answers, let my voice be crystal Clear. Mama, I'm still here. I wore pride like armor, made silence a throne. But a king without mercy only rules alone. I bought things to feel something, the cart felt Like church. But the checkout was empty, the soul Still hurt. Three shadows trail every human alive. Love, time, death, we bargain to survive. I can't outrun the last two, so I honor The first. If love is a river, let it Carry my thirst. Let the night break into daylight. I'll be standing, I won't hide. Mama, I'm still here. Still learning how to stay. I wasted all my minutes throwing golden hours away. Mama, I'm still here. I'm choosing love, not fear. If tomorrow never answers, let my voice be crystal Clear. Mama, I'm still here. Paint the city, let the memories glow. If regret is a teacher, I'm ready to grow. When the clock runs cold and the room goes Quiet, your name is a light. I move toward it. Mama, I'm still here. Through love and time and every fear. If I vanish in the noise out there, Hear me now. I'm still here. My every breath, my every prayer. Until the very final year. Mama, I'm still here. Still here. Still Still choosing love.